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<h1>Introduction<a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>The <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gslab_make</span></code> Python library contains tools to facilitate workflow automation for research projects. It is designed to help researchers implement the following rules of <a class="reference external" href="https://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/CodeAndData.pdf">Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A Practioner’s Guide</a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-md notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Automation
(A) Automate everything that can be automated.
(B) Write a single script that executes all code from beginning to end.

Directories
(A) Separate directories by function.
(B) Separate files into inputs and outputs.
(C) Make directories portable.
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<p>The library is currently under active development. If you wish to contribute, please visit the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/gentzkow/gslab_make">Github repository</a>.</p>
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